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Book preview: Gus Hall and the Communist campus tour of 1962
November 13, 2020After over a decade of political repression, Communists seemed poised to make a comeback.
Read moreLittle Steel Strike: Remembering the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre
May 22, 2020By day’s end, an army of gun-toting, stick wielding Chicago cops had shot ten dead, leaving hundreds of others beaten and gassed.
Read moreArchives 1974: Communist leader Gus Hall on the Nixon impeachment and resignation
December 19, 2019Hall called Nixon’s exit a “positive step,” but warned that the forces behind his conspiracy” were still in power. They still are today.
Read moreLet Them Tremble: Author Tony Pecinovsky discusses new book on CPUSA
November 26, 2019Mainstream historians concluded the CPUSA died a long time ago, but a new collection of biographies is challenging that narrative.
Read moreA campus Communist headed toward a career with the ‘Pennsylvania Worker’
November 22, 2019Going to work for the Pennsylvania Worker meant that I would cut off possibilities of employment in mainstream journalism. I understood the risk, but I wanted to become a revolutionary journalist.
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